Sunday, June 21, 2015

Beyond Redemption - Michael R. Fletcher

Beyond Redemption

Michael R. Fletcher

Harper Voyager, Jun 16 2015, $15.99

ISBN: 9780062387035

Geborene Damonen High Priest Konig has begun the
final countdown to creating a God who obeys only him. Fearing Doppels will pull a switch Konig
directs his followers to protect Morgen the child he prepares to sacrifice into
the Afterdeath and convert into his obedient deity.

A thief compelled to steal; a once mighty warrior
seeking atonement through a final robbery; and a charismatic psychopath always
ensnaring followers to destroy kidnap the future God-child. However the trinity differs on what to do
with the abductee. Irate by the affront
to the God-making priest by these infidels, raging Konig sends his
deadliest horde (the arsonist Hassebrand, shapeshifters and the dead) to
assassinate the heretics and bring the lad back for the conversion.

With a timely nod to Dante’s Inferno, this extremely dark
satirical theocratic fantasy grips readers to “… Abandon all hope, ye who
enter here”with a grim world
vision filled with lunatics running the asylum; as the pursuit of delusion
supersedes reality. Numerous forms of
mental illness run prevalent but exaggerated to a shocking extreme. This enables the most insane dedicated true
believers to go solo or collective with fellow righteous pilgrims to seek
powers ultimately to rule the Afterdeath heaven (or hell).